The French team scored a huge blow against Milan by beating Italy (1-3). After only a few minutes of play, the Blues took the advantage thanks to Adrien Rabiot. At the half-hour mark, Lucas Digne doubled with a master free kick. Two minutes later, the Nazionale reduced the score thanks to Andrea Cambiaso.
Again Rabiot once again allowed the Tricolores to make the break again with a new crazy head. Against all odds, France held on and won at San Siro. This success miraculously offers first place in the Nations League group before the quarter-finals.
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By aligning Digne as a left-back and assigning him to set pieces, Deschamps tipped the balance to his side. His fullback distributed two assists and scored a crazy free kick.
Mike Maignan cannot be blamed for Cambiaso's goal, shot from close range. No saves for him until the 94th minute before saving his team against Kean.
Already in difficulty, Jules Koundé made a mistake on Cambiaso's goal with an avoidable loss of ball. The French international was very defensive and faced with a strong-willed Di Marco, it was hard for him. Crosses taken, headers poorly cleared and passes missed, it was a festival of failures.
Ibrahima Konaté managed Retegui in a rather interesting way without being put in difficulty. His raises were very risky in sequence with the necessary success. Leadership and confidence against small players, the rock of the Reds was the author of high-level interventions. Great performance once again.
William Saliba had few situations to manage but also few possibilities to exist with the ball at his feet. The Arsenal defender made his iron positioning speak to effectively contain the counterattacks. A diligent match with lots of communication and an exceptional save at the end of the match.
Lucas Digne distributed a nice assist on a perfect corner for Rabiot. At the half-hour mark, the Aston Villa full-back lit up the match with a sensational free kick under the bar. He experienced some painful accelerations against Cambiaso without direct consequences.
Digne was once again the author of another perfect free kick for Rabiot's double. Perhaps the best match of his career.
At first, Manu Koné was very far from the ball carrier. Then, the AS Roma midfielder transformed into a very aggressive and useful harasser. This had good effects with big recoveries but also avoidable mistakes.
Koné contained himself in second with much more intelligence and some intelligent compensations.
Mattéo Guendouzi tried to move away from the block and make discounts to create passing tridents. Unfortunately, he did not have the desired impact in the last thirty meters. Behind, his placement was essential particularly to cover areas on deep crosses. His reminders were often assured.
Guendouzi was essential in gleaning meters with or without the ball.
Adrien Rabiot is decisive with the Blues with a powerful header from a corner that he himself obtained. The French international was the author of several ball losses in his own half.
In the second half, Rabiot was again the author of a crazy header under the bar. A particularly complicated helmet shot to place.
Randal Kolo Muani had a lot of difficulty gaining speed or finding intelligent shifts. His presence in the right lane provided depth and forced Bastoni to fall back.
His defensive withdrawals were excellent, difficult to exist offensively. It’s a shame that he wasn’t served in a better way and his ball losses were laborious at the end of the match.
Marcus Thuram has proven on several occasions that he can physically defeat Di Lorenzo without using this possibility. The Inter Milan striker was clumsy with the ball and sometimes the author of astonishing choices in the opposing thirty meters. Still a complicated match.
Christopher Nkunku circulated along the entire front of the attack with instructions to free up spaces and create gaps. His failure on a counter with Kolo Muani highlights his astonishing clumsiness. He was capable of the best and the worst
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